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Unseen-Chapter-1.Pdf UN SEEN ANGELS, SATAN, HEAVEN, HELL, AND WINNING THE BATTLE FOR ETERNITY JACKGRAHAM 7 Jack Graham, Unseen Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group, © 2013. Used by permission. (Unpublished manuscript—copyright protected Baker Publishing Group) Graham_Unseen_EC_djm.indd 3 6/4/13 12:41 PM © 2013 by Jack Graham Published by Bethany House Publishers 11400 Hampshire Avenue South Bloomington, Minnesota 55438 www.bethanyhouse.com Bethany House Publishers is a division of Baker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan Printed in the United States of America All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—for example, electronic, photocopy, recording—without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Con- gress, Washington, DC. ISBN 978-0-7642-1121-8 (cloth) ISBN 978-0-7642-1222-2 (trade paper) Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2007 Scripture quotations marked KJV are from the King James Version of the Bible. Scripture quotations marked THE MESSAGE are from The Message by Eugene H. Peterson, copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of Nav- Press Publishing Group. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked NCV are from the New Century Version®. Copyright © 1987, 1988, 1991 by Word Publishing, a division of Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked NIV are from the Holy Bible, New International Version®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. ™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com Author is represented by Wolgemuth and Associates. Cover design by Lookout Design, Inc. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Jack Graham, Unseen Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group, © 2013. Used by permission. (Unpublished manuscript—copyright protected Baker Publishing Group) Graham_Unseen_EC_djm.indd 4 6/4/13 12:41 PM To David McKinley and Mike Buster, two gifted, godly men who have shared a lifetime of ministry with me. Your love and faithfulness encourage me daily. I thank my God in all my remembrance of you. (Philippians 1:3) Jack Graham, Unseen Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group, © 2013. Used by permission. (Unpublished manuscript—copyright protected Baker Publishing Group) Graham_Unseen_EC_djm.indd 5 6/4/13 12:41 PM CONTENTS Acknowledgments 9 Introduction 11 1. Pressing Questions We Can’t Help but Ask 17 2. The Dark Angel 35 3. Heaven’s (Mostly) Unseen Warriors 57 4. Battle Gear 77 5. Mind Matters 97 6. More Than Conquerors 123 7. Warfare Prayer 145 8. The Soulish Stakes of War 171 9. An Appointment We Cannot Break 195 10. Where Goodness Goes to Die 215 11. Paradise Found 239 12. We Win 265 Notes 293 7 Jack Graham, Unseen Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group, © 2013. Used by permission. (Unpublished manuscript—copyright protected Baker Publishing Group) Graham_Unseen_EC_djm.indd 7 6/4/13 12:41 PM ACKNOWLEDGMENTS shley Wiersma, thank you for enabling me to develop the message of this book—for shaping my words and Aworking diligently to deliver the manuscript. Your love for God’s truth inspires me. Robert Wolgemuth and Associates, your encouragement challenged me to o&er my best e&orts and what I believe is my best book yet. The privilege of publishing my messages in book form has been given to me by my friends at Bethany House. Thank you for the partnership and for believing in me. Prestonwood, you are the most loving and supportive church imaginable. I am beyond blessed to be your pastor. Thank you for always believing the best is yet to come. Thank you to my daughter, Kelly, and her husband, Jason Flores, and to my sons, Jason and Josh, and their wives, Toby and Kaytie. There really is no greater earthly joy than to know your children walk in truth. 9 Jack Graham, Unseen Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group, © 2013. Used by permission. (Unpublished manuscript—copyright protected Baker Publishing Group) Graham_Unseen_EC_djm.indd 9 6/4/13 12:41 PM Acknowledgments What can I say about our grandchildren, Ian, Levi, and Dylan Claire? You are my living legacy; of such is the kingdom of heaven. And to the love of my life, Deb Graham. God has melted our hearts together forever, in what truly is a marriage made in heaven. 10 Jack Graham, Unseen Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group, © 2013. Used by permission. (Unpublished manuscript—copyright protected Baker Publishing Group) Graham_Unseen_EC_djm.indd 10 6/4/13 12:41 PM INTRODUCTION y fondness for baseball began when I was three years old. My dad placed a glove on the tiny fingers of Mone hand, a ball in the other, and e&ectively sealed the deal: I’d love the game all of my days. In the small Arkansas town where I grew up, neighborhood kids would wake with the sun and immediately head over to the sandlot we’d configured with primitive bases and something approximating a pitcher’s mound. We’d stop for ten minutes around lunchtime for a snowball cupcake and a carton of milk, but otherwise, from daybreak until nightfall, all we’d do is play ball. I learned the game by playing the game, and I loved play- ing that game. Hall of Famer Ted Williams once said that hitting a baseball is the most di"cult thing to do in sport, and I would have to agree. To hit a round ball with a rounded bat is one thing, but to do it when that ball happens to be careening toward you at ninety-five miles per hour is quite another. It’s so di"cult, in 11 Jack Graham, Unseen Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group, © 2013. Used by permission. (Unpublished manuscript—copyright protected Baker Publishing Group) Graham_Unseen_EC_djm.indd 11 6/4/13 12:41 PM Introduction fact, that you hit it successfully even three times out of ten, and you just might land yourself right next to Ted in the Baseball Hall of Fame. For the twenty years I played ball, I was nearly addicted to the rush that comes from taking someone’s fastball and turning it around. The suspense of being at the plate with runners on base— Will it be a fastball or a curve ball? Will I strike out or drive in those runs? What’s going to happen next?— the windup of the guy on the mound, the whoosh of the ball as it speeds through the air, the crack of the bat as contact is glori- ously made . what’s not to love about this game? Years ago, the late great comedian George Carlin used to spend part of his stand-up act poking a little fun at my beloved sport. “The Di&erence between Baseball and Football,” it was called, and live audiences always went wild. He mocked the fact that in baseball, for instance, managers must wear the same uniform as the players. “Can you picture [then-head coach] Bill Parcels in his New York Giants uniform?” he asked. He talked about how baseball is played on a diamond in a park in the springtime , when all is fresh and new, versus football, which is played on a gridiron (insert manly grunt), in a stadium (yet another grunt), in the season when everything dies (further grunting, coupled with snarled facial expression). Oh, and in football, you wear a helmet, while in baseball you wear a cap. “In football,” he continued, “you have unnecessary roughness, while in baseball, you have—get this!— sacrifice . In football, players endure all the elements, while in baseball, if it rains, well, then, ‘We won’t come out to play!’” Carlin went on this way for four or five minutes before coming to his closing point, which was really the best part of the whole bit: “The objectives of the two games are totally di&erent,” he noted. “In football, the object is for the quarterback to be on 12 Jack Graham, Unseen Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group, © 2013. Used by permission. (Unpublished manuscript—copyright protected Baker Publishing Group) Graham_Unseen_EC_djm.indd 12 6/4/13 12:41 PM Introduction target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his receivers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he has to use the shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack, which punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy’s defensive line. In baseball, the object is to go home—and to be safe.” 1 ——— My baseball-playing days are long behind me now, but I still love watching others play. There is something especially gratify- ing about watching guys who are at the top of their game because I know what it took them to get there. I know how many thank- less hours they spent lifting weights, running sprints, studying game film, talking through strategies, preparing for their next competitor, and getting their minds focused on the only thing that matters to a pro: winning. The athletes who excel are those who are best prepared. The ones who take home the pennant are those who have persevered through setbacks, injuries, and loss after loss after loss, deter- mining that no matter what, they are going to get that prize.
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